THE Reverend Walter Pimpong, Executive Director of International Needs Ghana, has raised concerns about the increasing practices of “Trokosi in parts of the Volta Region and called for strict enforcement of laws banning such practices in the country.

PARTICIPANTS at a two-day UNESCO/PAWA workshop on copyright recently have called for a stake-holder’s forum on the issue of the indigenous use of folklore. They also wanted more consultations among the executive, the Legislature and other relevant stakeholders before laws on copyright were made.

Reverend Walter Pimpong, Executive Director of International Needs Ghana, has raised concern about the increasing practice of trokosi in the Volta Region and called for strict enforcement of laws banning such practice in the country.

MR. Kojo Botsio was an educationist, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly and Parliament, Minister of State for several portfolios, Political Agitator for ‘Independence now”, prison graduate for his part in the positive action declared in 1950, a member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and Secretary of the UGCC’s Youth Wing Committee of Youth Organisation. He was the first General Secretary of the CPP.

MARCH 6, 2007 was commemorated and celebrated in grand style. But the occasion also gave rise to various questions with various answers. One such questions bordered on who is a hero and who is a villain.

MARCH 6, 2007 was commemorated and celebrated in grand style. But the occasion also gave rise to various questions with various answers. One such questions bordered on who is a hero and who is a villain.

THE Eastern Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture(CNC), Mr. Kingsley Obeng, has observed that although mental slavery is the last vestige of the colonialism yoke Ghana experienced, it has been the most enduring of that unfortunate legacy.

The Ministry of Chieftaincy and culture has proposed the month of November every year as a cultural awareness month for Ghanaians to portray the Ghanaian personality at workplaces to promote made in Ghana goods.

THE President of the Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Okatakyie Agyeman Kodum 1V, has advocated the involvement of traditional rulers and local authorities in the implementation of the National Wildfire Management Policy (NWMP).

THE Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council is to set up a committee to ascertain the real processes of how chiefs must be chosen and installed and who the legitimate kingmakers in the various traditional councils in the region are.

THE Right Reverend James Baffour-Awuah, the Methodist Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, has appealed to the Ministry of Chieftaincy Affairs and the various factions to make efforts to resolve the numerous chieftaincy disputes in the Brong Ahafo Region.

THE Omanhene of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, has expressed concern about the predicament of the African traditional sytem, saying the African society has broken down because the traditional system had broken down.

On the major roads the drivers drive their vehicles as if they have a compact with injury and with death. They have seen both conditions and are assured that they, the drivers, have a place of honour in their kingdoms.

THROUGHOUT history, movement of goods or transportation has traditionally underpinned the economy of every nation. Transportation serves to relocate goods to centers of demand, enhancing the value of the goods in the process and creating wealth, which is needed to run an economy.

THE Society Youth Club of Adabraka has awarded a certificate of merit and a citation to Mr. Ebenezer Lartey, best known as Ataa Mensah of the Ga Drama series at a community awards night held last weekend.

“ABOAKYIR”, the once glamorous and grandiose festival of the Effutus that marks their migration from the Western Sudan Empire is fast losing its splendor and gaiety due to a protracted chieftaincy dispute.

UNTIL the AU summit in Accra in July, I wish to begin by asking readers to reflect on this extract from Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the founding of the organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963.

It covers the basics with clarity and objectivity, defining the roles of the military, the police and the judiciary; distinguishing humanitarian relief from economic stabilization and development, explaining the complexities of governance and democratization.

ERIC Busby Quartey-Papafio, Ga West District Chief Executive (DCE), has called on the people of Pokuase to use Ghana’s golden jubilee celebration to unite and forge ahead to develop the area to attract investment.

On July 23, 2005, Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri, retired Inspector-General of Police, was enskinned Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area at a private ceremony with only the kingmakers and a few traditional leaders present.

THE Queen of the Techiman Traditional Area, Nana Afia Abrafi 11, has expressed concern about the way Kingmakers in the various traditional councils have sidelined queens and other female traditional leaders in the selection, installation and enstoolment of chiefs when stools become vacant.

The Minister of information and National Orientation, Mr. Kwamena Bartels, has urged Ghanaians, especially the youth to read wide in order not to lose sight of history. That, he said, was necessary for the future and also to help the country.

Blakk Rasta made Tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe
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The tourism industry stands as Ghana’s fourth largest foreign exchange earner after Cocoa, Gold and Oil & Gas, achieved the target of one million tourist arrivals and is expected to improve on these numbers to generate more revenue for the country....more

Raj Multimedia in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has launches the Ghana international Tourism fair with the aim to rejuvenate tourism and recreating the concept of Ghanaian culture Art and others....more

The world of African culture is rooted in religious paradigm because for the African mind religion or spiritual dimension is the source of both identity and meaning. This means that religion or spiritual dimension.......more

Food is central to human life regardless of where you are in the world. The Ghanaian cuisine is very much influenced by the natural possessions and surroundings of Ghana and by the local climate of the country......more

Every individual craves to be accepted as a member of a cultural group. Inevitably, every one belongs to one group or the other and is easily identified as a member of the group when he conforms to a particular way of life.......more

Laws are established to protect the citizens of particular groups of people. In other words, laws exist to protect the rights of the members of a society and to ensure that they do not have to protect...more

The Third Senior High Schools (SHS) Drama and Poetry Festival for schools in the Western Region have being held on 25th and 26th February, 2015 at the Theatre of the Centre at Fijai. The Drama was on the theme “Unearthing a New Generation of Artistes”...more

After weeks and months of various activities, a graduate of the University of Development Studies (UDS), Wa Campus, Bentie Abigail Baciara, has been crowned winner of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful VIII......more

THIS essay has been prompted by an introspection of Ghana’s fortunes since independence and the celebration of the Jubilee this year. The writer seeks to answer the question why there appears to be “something missing” somewhere in the scheme of affairs in Ghana’s development....more

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